# HG changeset patch
# User Pierre-Yves David <pierre-yves.david@octobus.net>
# Date 2024-10-22 21:50:11
# Node ID 8ac33b3f2552f157a2de0bd829b3d90be84df017
# Parent  91f22b89ea052ad5a76e3d6d4b810c19d3d3446c

repo-config: clarify why we seems to parse the repository "twice"

That is not the first time I am confused about this code, lets add a comment to
save time in the future.

diff --git a/mercurial/dispatch.py b/mercurial/dispatch.py
--- a/mercurial/dispatch.py
+++ b/mercurial/dispatch.py
@@ -986,6 +986,9 @@ def _getlocal(ui, rpath, wd=None):
             lui.readconfig(os.path.join(path, b".hg", b"hgrc-not-shared"), path)
 
     if rpath:
+        # the specified path, might be defined in the [paths] section of the
+        # local repository. So we had to read the local config first even if it
+        # get overriden here.
         path_obj = urlutil.get_clone_path_obj(lui, rpath)
         path = path_obj.rawloc
         lui = ui.copy()